OTTiscali

[Weatherlawyer]

it a Chinese company?

[Harry Bloomfield]

Weatherlawyer used his keyboard to write :

Solution - Use an alternative (none Tiscali) DNS source.

[Andrew]

Oh they are at it again. This explains the many problems that the incompetent engineering staff have caused for Tiscali customers. They would be dismissed if they worked for any other company, especially considering their past c*ck-up record over the past 12months. Forum staff are now removing posts from anyone having a real go as they can't lie to those working in IT. I'm going to Virgin soon.

[Lurch]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:23:16 -0700, Weatherlawyer mused:

I think Orange do that as well, didn't look for a way to opt out, just switched to using a different DNS server.

[TheOldFellow]

These guys can help, if you are able to set your DNS servers:

be warned they also interfere with what you type, but you can turn it off, and they are up-front about it.

My ISP provides DNS services, but I don't use them. It's not a good idea to keep all your IT eggs with one basket.

R.

[Graham.]

Thanks very much for that information. I have been searching my Windows registry for references to

because I assumed a virus had hi-jacked the default search page. it didn't even occur to me that it was a DNS issue, but I suppose it would have twigged when I connected my laptop to a different ISP.

I have used the web response page to ask them to remove it.

[:Jerry:]

Better still, ask for your MAC and vote with your wallet...

[Graham.]

Also, has anyone else had problems with Tiscali blocking port

119 in the evenings?

[Huge]

Oh, yes.

I get "free" broadband through my employers which ends up after about three levels of sub-contracting with Tiscali.

They traffic shape NNTP after about 3pm weekdays and 11am weekends and Bank Holidays.

I have been trying to have this restriction removed for about 3 months now, and been completely unable to find anyone who both knows what I am talking about and is prepared to do anything, other than fob me off.

I am *seriously* pissed off about it. Tiscali are utterly, utterly, useless.

[Weatherlawyer]

What is anyone with some IT background doing with Tiscali in the first place?

I was wondering that as I read the article. Seems to me they were asking for it. Or are they trolls and flamers?

[Andy Hall]

Could you get a VPN connection to somewhere outside their network and tunnel the NNTP connection through it?

[Huge]

Yep. If I could be arsed.

[Andy Hall]

Well.... today's news is that it looks as though they are buying Pipex.....

imagine that it really means the consumer bits.

[Andy Hall]

... it'll be a wopping great undertaking now......

[Weatherlawyer]

No it means that the company that owns both has finished stripping off the good bits and is handing over the dregs to the dregs.

Pipex went down the tubes to Tiscali's people a long time ago.

[meow2222]

You're too kind. Far too kind.

Their legal dept has more serious consequences when they screw up, and they seem to love doing so.

NT